December 2023 Guitar Newsletter : Learning From Playing in a Cover Band

Playing in a cover band is a true growing experience.  Let’s explore the benefits and fun of working with a group of musicians learning songs that topped the charts.  Included in this list are bettering one’s ability to understand and memorize songs composed by other people, making use of new apps to speed up that process, creating a repertoire as a group, exploring new sonic possibilities on the guitar and broadening one’s understanding of popular music history.  For many musicians, myself included, it is normal to start out playing top 40 cover tunes, and this can help the move to creating original material.  Most folks don’t come out of the womb with a stack of songs ready to go!  I am delighted to find myself again in the position of learning songs that resonate with entire generations around the globe.  I am going about it with a new perspective and appreciation.